Boven-Digoel

Background

Boven-Digoel, often simply called Digoel, was a Dutch concentration camp for political detainees operated in the Dutch East Indies from 1927 to 1947. The Dutch used it to detain thousands of Indonesians, most of whom were members of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), Indonesian nationalists, and their families. It was located in a remote area on the banks of the river Digul, in what is now Boven Digoel Regency in South Papua, Indonesia. The camp was originally opened to intern communists after the failed 1926 uprisings in Java and Sumatra; at its largest extent in 1930 it held around 1,300 internees and 700 family members.

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World Prisons. (2026). Boven-Digoel. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/boven-digoel

"Boven-Digoel." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/boven-digoel.

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Boven-Digoel},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/boven-digoel},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}